Your Best and Worst

[Wprich]

Best 3
1)Stick baits Wacky or Neko
2)Texas rigged brush hawgs or lizards
3)tie Finesse paddletails/shaky head

 

Worst 3 
Spinnerbait -I've caught 3 fish ever on a spinnerbait hopefully they changes in the near future
Hard topwaters -just don't give them much effort any more 
Cranks-used to be a go to especially a redeye shad in spring but been a rough go with them last couple years

 

Honorable mention
Jigs and chatterbaits-decided to give them both a dedicated effort this year and have definitely been productive and will be in rotation going forward.  Caught 3 of my biggest 5 this year so far on a jig.

[Munkin]

I have confidence in everything except two lures that seem to be favorites here. 

 

Chatterbait- I know it should work but for some reason I can't catch anything on it?

 

Whooper plopper- A single piece of grass in the water from someone who moved their lawn the week before will stop the blade.  This has frustrated me to the point I don't even carry one anymore.  A Tiny torpedo can have a 3' long limb stuck on the back hook and the blade still spins.

 

I guess everything comes down to where you are fishing? The past month my best baits have been; spinnerbait, fluke,  crankbait , and the Ned baits that look like a tiny RI beaver. 

 

Allen 

[Jeffrey Walker]

7 hours ago, Munkin said:

I have confidence in everything except two lures that seem to be favorites here. 

 

Chatterbait- I know it should work but for some reason I can't catch anything on it?

 

Whooper plopper- A single piece of grass in the water from someone who moved their lawn the week before will stop the blade.  This has frustrated me to the point I don't even carry one anymore.  A Tiny torpedo can have a 3' long limb stuck on the back hook and the blade still spins.

 

I guess everything comes down to where you are fishing? The past month my best baits have been; spinnerbait, fluke,  crankbait , and the Ned baits that look like a tiny RI beaver. 

 

Allen 

 

that is funny! true story

[padlin]

I fish fairly shallow New England ponds exclusively

 

Best

T rigged creature baits

spinners like Mepps

Worst

All the rest, creature baits work so well for me I go back to them pretty quick when trying other lures. It's all in the confidence for me.

 

I could easily get away with only carrying 2 creature baits in 2 colors in 2 sizes, and leave everything else at home, but it would get boring.

[keagbassr]

3 best :

spinnerbait

 Buzzbait 

Punch rig double wide beaver

 

3 worst :

 lipless cranks

 Any crankbait that runs deeper than 3 ft.

 Any rigged soft plastic with a sink rate of less than 5 ft. Per second

[BayouSlide]

I normally carry a wide variety of lures and have taken at least one fish on nearly every type. Fish mostly muddy lakes, bayous and canals, seldom in water over 8 ft. deep, most often under 4 ft. Too close to list only three, so I've listed five, six under least productive. Considering all that, in no particular order:

 

Most productive (most fish):

Chatterbaits

Crankbaits

Underspin swimbaits

Spinnerbaits

Plastic worms (especially on shakey head)

 

Least productive (fewest fish):

Top waters (a handful of fish)

Buzzbaits (though one 5#)

Big swimbaits (though PB of over 6#)

Wacky rig (one)

Ned rig (none)

Punching (none)